T1W9L4: representation and V&A

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• representations
  • victorian england
    • role of women in victorian england
      • women are portrayed as victims of abuse.
      • evidenced by helen stoner, who is abused by her father.
        • due to the characterisation of helen stoner, who is portrayed as a woman with limited social status, juxtaposes the superior nature of her father’s social status and gender (already wealthy and man) prevents her from escaping the abuse.
    • wealth
      • Roylott family and the Stoner family
      • Roylott is a high class, wealthier family, and as a result the author represented those family members through the characterisation of Dr Roylott, who is often described with visual imagery as a stern man. the importance of wealth in victorian england is constructed through the juxtaposiiton of dr roylott and his daughter, helen stoner - who is part of the middle class.
    • narrative conventions:

      • settings §

      • characterisation
      • plot
      • POV
    • language features
  • aristocracy
  • ‘the exotic’
    • the exotic is seen as forbidden and in a way the text is a premonition against it.
    • e.g. the text constructs foreign things such as snakes or animals from other countries as dangerous and death causing.
• values and attitudes
  • sherlock holmes
  • dr roylott
  • society
    • at the time of production
      • the ideal victorian women are seen to be
        • docile, friendly, hard to get, modest and respectable.
    • contemporary views.
      • the standard for the ideal women has changed in the contemporary context, where the ideal women is seen to be more flirtatious,